Hartford investigating after four people shot in 27 hours

Police are investigating after a shooting outside this house at 179-181 Brook St. in Hartford on Wednesday. (Christine Dempsey / Hartford Courant)

A man in a car was shot several times early Wednesday on Brook Street in Hartford’s North End, making him the fourth shooting victim in the city in a little over a day, police said.

The shooting outside 179-181 Brook St. happened about 4:20 a.m., Lt. Paul Cicero said. The victim was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where he was in stable condition after undergoing surgery.

Two of the four shooting victims — fired on in a 27-hour period — died of their injuries. One victim, Joseph Goiangos, was found in a parking lot on Woodland Drive about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, dead of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Police, who found his car in a different part of the city, said they don’t know where the crime happened.

This house at 179-181 Brook St. was hit by a stray bullet when someone fired into a parked car. (Photo by Christine Dempsey/Hartford Courant)

Later on Tuesday, police investigated a shooting on New Britain Avenue in which one man was killed. Around the same time, a shooting victim was found on Atwood and Ashley streets, near St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Investigators are looking into whether the incidents were connected.